Leviticus 20:4:14Lev.20.4.W14TAB
אֹתֽוֹ׃
oto
“him”
- Transliteration
- o-TO
- Extended
- oh-TOH
- IPA
- /ʔoˈtoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
o-TO
- phraseyour reading level
ha-MIT o-TO
- clause
le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO
- sentence
ve-IM ha-e-LEM ya-e-li-MOO AM ha-A-rets et-ey-NEI-HEM min-ha-ISH ha-HU be-tit-TO mi-zar-O la-MO-lekh le-vil-TI ha-MIT o-TO
Exegesis
The apodosis begins with the negative purpose lə-vi-lṯî hamit oto {לְבִלְתִּי הָמִית אֹתֽוֹ | lə-vi-lṯî hammît ʾôtô} ‘so as not to kill him’. This protasis–apodosis pattern, typical of Hebrew legal texts, underscores causality and communal accountability by foregrounding the omission of justice before the prescribed penalty.
In context — Leviticus 20:4
And if the people of the land willfully hide their eyes from that man when he gives his offspring to Molekh, so as not to put him to death—
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:4:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 20:4, so the Hebrew word אֹתֽוֹ׃ (oto) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.20.4.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.4.W14.S1) and character.